Zhou Meiren's face turned slightly red, but then she picked up a piece of tourmaline as if nothing had happened and said: "This piece is also a two-color tourmaline. The two-color tourmaline is the pride of the gemstone family because it shows two obviously different colors in a square inch. For natural
It is quite rare to form gemstones.
As you can see, these pieces are all bicolor tourmalines, so bicolor tourmalines generally include red and green, white and green, red and yellow, etc. The red and green tourmalines have sharp contrast in color, and they complement each other very cutely, so the market price of bicolor tourmaline is higher.
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Bicolor tourmaline, which has a clear contrast between red and green, is often called watermelon tourmaline. Watermelon has a higher value, and its market price is higher than that of rose-red tourmaline and ordinary blue tourmaline. The market value of red-yellow tourmaline is also higher, but because its color is not as good as
The red and green colors are bright, so the price is lower than the red and green colors.
White and green two-color tourmaline is much more common than red and green, and its value is much lower. When you look at this piece, do you think it is a two-color tourmaline? In fact, it is not, it is a color-changing tourmaline.
This kind of color-changing tourmaline is a kind of tourmaline that shows different colors under different lights. The color of color-changing tourmaline usually changes between red and green, so it is very rare. The current market price is thousands of dollars per carat!"
There are many kinds of tourmaline. Although there are many in quantity, the audience is also limited. Therefore, even if the price of tourmaline is not as good as that of emerald, Korean peacocks still value tourmaline more.
Tourmaline, with its crystal clear quality and rich colors, has become the new favorite of some fashion jewelry, and its price has also risen again and again.
Now, the price of tourmaline is no less than the price of gold, so finding a tourmaline mine is even more valuable than finding a gold mine.
Especially in foreign countries, tourmalines and diamonds are more popular than gold and jade, which is more conducive to Korean peacocks making money, and wealth brings power.
Of course, even if it is not easy to open up the market abroad, then move it to the country. In domestic and overseas auctions, although the amount of tourmaline artworks put up for auction is small, some good quality and exquisitely carved works are still pursued by buyers.
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For example, at China Guardian's spring auction in June 2011, an azure tourmaline chiton seal from the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty was estimated to be only 10,000 to 20,000 yuan, and the transaction price was as high as 176,000 yuan.
Therefore, wherever tourmaline goes, there is no shortage of admirers and there is no need to worry about selling it. Korean Peacock will naturally like such a good thing.
"If there are too many of these, they are just some beautiful stones, right?" Qin Mingyue muttered.
Liu Xu chuckled and said: "Some people are hyping it, some people like it, so the price will be high!"
Zhou Meiren said: "The main reason is that the quantity is not large, and because it is difficult to excavate. The crystals are not large, the mineral rights are unclear, and disputes continue. Therefore, the prices of various gemstones have always remained high, not only tourmaline, we know
This is true for diamonds, jade, sapphires, etc. Where are the most produced of these gems?
Africa, the South Asian subcontinent and South America are not peaceful places. In addition, the mines were discovered relatively early, so the local situation is even more complicated. Generally, the gems produced there are bloody, and the cost is naturally high.
Now, due to the depletion of mineral deposits, there are fewer and fewer tourmalines in good condition. On the other hand, various funds have begun to speculate on tourmalines, and various major jewelry brands have also begun to promote tourmaline jewelry. These have contributed to the price of tourmalines.
Crazy rise.”
Liu Xu looked at Han Peacock and smiled slightly again: "Did you see it? This is a jewelry expert, this is a professional."
Han Peacock said innocently: "What did I say? I didn't say that I know jewelry best?"
"Just don't teach the child bad things." Zhou Meiren said unceremoniously.
Han Kongque said helplessly: "You are jealous, I don't have the same experience as you."
At this moment, Han Feng and Han Xiaoxiao ran back from a pile of ore not far away.
"Dad, look at this gem of mine. It must be better than the madman's." Madman? Shouldn't it belong to a mythical beast? Looking at Han Feng's resentful eyes, Han Peacock was a little helpless.
Han Feng said angrily: "It's obviously the same gemstone. And your piece is not as big as mine. How come yours is worse than mine?"
Han Xiaoxiao said angrily: "Am I going to mess around?"
"You used to be very cute." Han Feng muttered.
Han Xiaoxiao stared at her beautiful eyes and said, "So I'm not cute now? Han Feng, I'll fight you."
Seeing Han Xiaoxiao trying to pounce on Han Feng with all her teeth and claws, Han Kongque immediately hugged her. This girl has become so lively now.
"What's going on, let me judge." Han Kongque was also helpless. He couldn't offend his son or daughter. If he had to offend one of them, he'd better offend his son!
Han Feng was really aggrieved. He directly took out the gem he found and said: "This is the cat's eye stone. Uncle Jin found it. We two saw it together, so each of us took one. It is obviously the same cat's eye stone. Why did she
Is it necessarily good?"
"Of course mine is good." Han Xiaoxiao said with a proud look on his face: "Although you grabbed a big piece, yours is a tourmaline, and mine is an emerald. Idiot, although they are both cat's eye, your tourmaline
Cat's eye stone is naturally not as good as my emerald cat's eye stone."
"What is this? Cat's eye stone is cat's eye stone, right? Why are there tourmaline cat's eyes and emerald cat's eyes?" Qin Mingyue was a little confused, so she asked.
Han Peacock slapped his forehead, while Zhou Meiren couldn't bear to look directly at her, while Liu Xu just snickered.
Among them, Qin Mingyue is not interested in jewelry and other things. She is interested in art. If it comes to music, chess, calligraphy and painting, she will definitely do her job. If it comes to business, Qin Mingyue will definitely be top-notch.
"Why are you laughing? Don't I know that cat's eye is actually a kind of chrysoberyl? Is it an optical effect?" Qin Mingyue said very proudly. She really understands gems. He dare not say anything else. Women like gems.
She is born with her own attributes, so she naturally has a basic understanding of them.
Of course, she didn't know, and she only had a basic understanding. Han Peacock was afraid that she would continue to embarrass herself in front of the children, so he immediately said: "You are right, cat's eye is a kind of chrysoberyl, and it is also an optical effect, but
This effect can also appear on other gemstones, such as the emerald and tourmaline that Xiaoxiao just mentioned."
"Ah? So my piece is really a tourmaline cat's eye?" Han Feng was a little disappointed. Why was he so unlucky? He obviously grabbed a big piece, but why was it still crushed by the little girl?
Han smiled and said proudly: "Look at my cat eyes. Are they as flexible and bright as a cat's eyes? This is the power of eyesight."
"Is this really the case?" Qin Mingyue hid behind Han Peacock and asked in a low voice.
Han Kongque grabbed her little hand and laughed softly: "You are so embarrassed."
"Let me take a look. I didn't expect that we still have emerald cat eyes here. I don't know if it's an accidental phenomenon or a common phenomenon." As he said this, Han Peacock took her emerald cat eye from Han Xiaoxiao's hand.
This is an emerald cat's eye. It is not big, only a dozen carats at most, which means it only weighs two or three grams. However, an emerald cat's eye of this size is already very rare.
Korean Peacock knows that the best emerald cat's eye is produced in Sri Lanka. Those over ten carats are rarely seen in China, so such a large emerald cat's eye is absolutely precious.
Of course, this is an emerald cat's eye stone, which is a bit worse than the chrysoberyl cat's eye stone, but this difference is really not much, because no matter which type of cat's eye stone, the quantity is not large.
As I said just now, there are many classifications of tourmaline, because tourmalines come in many colors, but there are not many classifications of emerald. They are roughly divided into four types. The first type is ordinary emerald gemstones.
This is from the perspective of optical effects. According to the presence or absence of special phenomena in optical effects, emeralds are classified as emeralds. They should be the most common emerald minerals and do not have any special optical effects.
The second is the emerald cat's eye, which is literally an emerald with a cat's eye effect. Emerald itself is very rare, and the conditions for its formation are also very complex, and this kind of emerald with a cat's eye effect is even rarer.
Third, there is the starlight emerald. To put it simply, it is an emerald with a starlight effect. Compared with the emerald cat’s eye, there are fewer starlight emeralds.
Fourth, is the Dabizi emerald. The name comes from the shape of this emerald, which resembles the grinding wheel used by the Spaniards to crush sugar cane.
Moreover, one of the distinctive features of Dabizi emerald is that there are hexagonal black stripes in the cross section, radiating outward from the center, and a hexagonal transparent or black core in the middle.
But to be precise, Dabizi is not a gem, but a structural phenomenon in the formation process of gems.
It’s not just emeralds, other rubies, crystals, etc. also have this phenomenon.
In addition to ordinary emeralds, the other three types of emeralds were too rare, so Han Peacock never thought that he could find them. He didn't expect that Jin Yao could actually pick out an emerald cat's eye.
Looking at this emerald cat eye, it is really beautiful. It is round. Although it is not big, it has obvious golden pupils inside, so it can be as flexible and bright as a cat's eyes, and can be adjusted at different angles.
Changes with the intensity of light.
The green eyes with golden pupils are clear and transparent, weighing more than three grams, which is more than fifteen carats, and the yellow eye lines in the center are like beeswax, emitting streams of yellow light full of temptation, and this eye
The pattern is also right in the center of this emerald, so it makes the eyeliner clear and bright, and it can open and close flexibly.
An emerald cat eye with no flaws like this is absolutely rare, so the price cannot be lowered.
Now, even if Han Kongque hadn't seen Han Feng's tourmaline emerald, he had already concluded that Han Xiaoxiao's one should be better.
The value of golden-green cat eyes is mainly affected by factors such as color, eyeliner effect, size and thickness. The most valuable ones are beeswax-yellow true cat eyes, while light yellow-green and light green ones are slightly less valuable, and the worst ones are off-white. (To be continued.